Handouts

Below are some documents that we hand out or that appear on this website and which you may find helpful.  Click on them to download.

Beginning

• Prehealth Tips for Fall Classes 2019 (to help you choose your first classes)
• Prehealth Guide for 1st and 2nd Year Students 2019 (handed out during Info Session during Orientation)

Planning

• Trinity Prehealth Planning Worksheet
• Pratt Prehealth Planning Worksheet
• AP Credit and Medical Schools
• BCPM Duke Course Classification Guide
• Sample Schedules
• HPA MCAT Tips
• Considerations When Crafting Your Gap Year(s) Experience
• Gap Year Planning Resources 
• Fall 2019 Gap Year Bootcamp Slides
• Pre-Pharmacy Planning Guide

Setting goals and finding experiences

• Core Competencies
• How to Find Health Care Experiences
• How to Find Community Service Experiences
• How to Find Research Opportunities

Preparing to Apply

• Slides from Application Kickoff Session (Nov 2019/Jan 2020)
• RMA Form for 2021M
• Reapplicant 2021M Form  
• Assessing Candidacy 2021M(audio) slides & self assessment worksheet (Nov 2019/Jan 2020)
• RMA Lab 2021M slides & RMA Lab Handout (Nov 2019/Jan 2020)
• Predental Essay Questions (Spring 2019)
• School Selection Workshop video, slides & School Selection Planning document (Spring 2020)
• Personal Statement Workshop & Reader Information (Spring 2020)
• 2021M Guide for Duke Students & Alumni Applying to Medical School
• Instructions & Tips for Letter Writers
• Fall 2019 Interviewing 101 PowerPoint & Fall 2017 Interviewing 101 Video Recording
• Interview Tips
• Interview Attire
• Questions You Might Be Asked in Interviews
• MMI Interview Resources

Resources

Duke Resources

We have a variety of resources that are available only to Duke students and Duke alumni.

• Health Professions Advising Office
• Undergraduate Research Support Office
• Academic Resource Center
• Career Center
• Directors of Academic Engagement
• HPA's ListServ

NOTE: If you are an alumni whose NET ID has been deactivated, please email prehealth@duke.edu from a non-Duke email address to have it reactivated.

National Resources for Students

• ExploreHealthCareers.org
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• American Association of Colleges for Osteopathic Medicine
• American Dental Education Association
• Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
• Physician Assistant Education Association
• PA Focus 
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Occupational Therapy Association
• Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
• American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy